66 same-sex marriages in Conn., so far

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 1:00 am, Friday, November 14, 2008

HARTFORD -- A partial tally by city and town clerks in Connecticut shows they've issued 66 marriage licenses to same-sex couples since Wednesday, the first day that gays and lesbians could get married in the state.

The state
Department of Public Health
has received data from 130 of the state's 169 cities and towns so far. A total of 94 licenses were issued Wednesday from those municipalities, including 28 to opposite-sex couples.

Public
Health Department
spokesman
William Gerrish
says couples have 65 days to have their nuptials "solemnized" by a minister, justice of the peace or other officiator.